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Notice that we searched for voter turnout but the Library of Congress Subject Headings that capture this concept are Voting – United Statesand Political Participation – United States. Click a subject heading to see more items like this one.

Type your keyword or phrase in the search box. Enclose phrases in quotation marks. Choose Search only . . . Abstract. If a report is really about your topic, your keywords are very likely to appear in the abstract, or summary, of the report.

Every CQ Researcher report follows the same format: an abstract, overview of the issue, background, the current situation, outlook, pros and cons, a bibliography and more. This is a great place to begin thinking about a policy issue.

Change Databases lets you see all the databases PowerSearch is set to search at once. Uncheck the ones that don’t make sense for your search, like Computer Database or General Business File ASAP, then click Submit.

You can easily enter two concepts together, like voter turnout AND United States.

You can set limits and request only documents with full text, or only peer-reviewed (scholarly) publications. Limiting to full text, while easy, means that you might miss a really good article in your research.

This means that the Libraries own this journal in some offline format—paper, microfiche, or microfilm. Click the link to use the catalog to figure out how and where.

These indicate that the article may be available in another UMW Libraries database. Try the Article links first. If the links only lead you to places that requires you to pay for an article, don’t. When you have no UMW choice, use Interlibrary Loan to get the article for free.

Search for: voter turnout AND united states. PAIS covers public affairs worldwide, so it’s probably best to specify this country. Also, notice that quotation marks are not needed. Just enter a phrase in a single search box.

Notice the subject headings. There isn’t one for voter turnout. The concept is captured instead by using Political participation AND Voting. Search for all the other items with those 2 headings by checking the boxes. Click Go.